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Sarah Gridley

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Great gift of purple apples! The distant stars, the far-in sugars
of their skins. With light in certain
shades of the world, autumn of limited
use in the world, I could go
for a day
in the word canteen.
In the world outside
I have yet to put in. It looks as though the bridges
are standing in

Besides the toss and drag of shells are you shown no proof
as to time lost here?
Same stamp
on every morning. Tattered glass
at rub on sunblind margin. No island roofs or goat-skinned
rocks.
My stars
but you are travel-rank!
Cracked with offering. Your hands bear
what?